Parents killing their children is uncommon, but there are some risk factors around the crime such as mental illness, previous abuse and domestic violence.
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Computers are getting better at identifying people’s faces, and while that can be helpful as well as worrisome. To properly understand the legal and privacy ramifications, we need to know how facial recognition technology works.
We need to redirect government spending on crime prevention to programs and policies that the research tells us are most effective.
A Canadian police force on Prince Edward Island is threatening drink drivers with Nickelback – continuing a tried and tested method of punishment.
Police are important, but not sufficient, in the crime-reduction effort. I have enormous faith in their abilities, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we need more of them.
Two-thirds of released prisoners in the US are arrested again within three years. Here’s how we could change that.
A new report on the future of humanity explains what we really need to be worrying about over the next 35 years.
Approaches to crime that rely on punitive methods have proved to be ineffective and counter-productive. Rehabilitation programmes not only prevent crime, but are cost-effective and practical.
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Ph.D. Candidate, Legal Studies, Carleton University
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Emeritus professor of Criminology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University
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Professor of Crime Science, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor of Statistics, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Environmental Criminologist and Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning, Curtin University
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Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Research Fellow, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Edge Hill University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Director, Center for Terrorism and Security Studies; Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Psychology; Member of the Strategic Research Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University